Vote in our Symphony World Cup!

In our September issue - out now - we reveal the 20 Greatest Symphonies of all time, as voted for by 151 of the world's leading conductors. Sir Simon Rattle, Marin Alsop and Donald Runnicles (who also conducts on our September cover CD) were just some of the international maestros who voted in our symphony survey: find out how each of them voted in the magazine.

But what do you think is the Greatest Symphony ever written? Over the next two weeks, we will be asking you to champion your choice as it goes head to head with other masterpieces in our #SymphonyWorldCup!

Over the last two weeks, we've asked readers to nominate their choice. Now 32 of the nominated symphonies will face off in heats, to be named Twitter's Greatest Symphony.

The Pools

The symphonies were split into eight pools which went to a vote every day between the 4-8 August. The top two go through to the next round!

Pool A of the #SymphonyWorldCup! Get your voting on...
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 4, 2016

Pool B of the #SymphonyWorldCup wants your votes!
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 5, 2016

Pool C of the #SymphonyWorldCup! Which do you think is the Greatest of all time?
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 5, 2016

And here's Pool D of the #SymphonyWorldCup! Cast your votes now!
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 6, 2016

Right. Here's Pool E of our #SymphonyWorldCup. Vote, vote, vote…
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 6, 2016

So, which symphony in Pool F do you think is the greatest? #SymphonyWorldCup
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 7, 2016

And here is Pool G. Which symphony is the greatest? #SymphonyWorldCup
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 7, 2016

Here's Pool H of the #SymphonyWorldCup! The top two will be the last through to the next round.
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 8, 2016

The Playoffs

The top two from each pool go through to the playoff round. The pools were drawn at random from a hat to form our playoff groups.

Here's the full #SymphonyWorldCup playoffs line up! pic.twitter.com/yQgolHoFWO
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 9, 2016

Playoff 1 in the #SymphonyWorldCup! Double Beethoven vs Sibelius and Brahms. Top 2 go through to quarter-finals.
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 9, 2016

Playoff 2 of the #SymphonyWorldCup. Which of these symphonies is the greatest?
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 9, 2016

Playoff 3! Double Shostakovich vs Tchaikovsky and Beethoven. #SymphonyWorldCup
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 10, 2016

Finally, Playoff 4! Vote now for the symphony you think is the Greatest of All Time. #SymphonyWorldCup
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 10, 2016

The Quarter-Finals

Quarter-final 1 of the #SymphonyWorldCup. Vote now!
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 11, 2016

*New* Quarter-final 2 of the #SymphonyWorldCup! Vote now!
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 12, 2016

The Semi-Finals

Semi-final one of #SymphonyWorldCup! Which is the greater symphony?
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 13, 2016

Last semi-final of the #SymphonyWorldCup! Vote, vote, vote...which is the greater symphony?
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 14, 2016

Third-place playoff

Here's the third place playoff! #SymphonyWorldCup
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 15, 2016

The Final

The #SymphonyWorldCup Grand Final. Vote now!
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 15, 2016

Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 is hereby crowned the winner of the inaugural #SymphonyWorldCup. pic.twitter.com/H13BXFHXiN
— BBC Music Magazine (@MusicMagazine) August 16, 2016

Thanks to all who voted and debated throughout the #SymphonyWorldCup. Keep in touch on Twitter @MusicMagazine!